Category Archives: Local News
Illinois Senate approves plan to allow new nuclear reactors
By JOHN O'CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois Senate approved lifting a 36-year-old moratorium on new nuclear power installments on Wednesday in a plan proponents say will...
Nov 09, 2023 State Sen. Sue Rezin, R-Morris, explains fresh legislation she introduced, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023, in Springfield, Ill, lifting a moratorium on new nuclear reactors in Illinois. Legislation ending the 1987 prohibition won overwhelming approval last spring but Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker vetoed it, citing among other things, a need to modernize oversight rules. Rezin's plan calls for rules to be updated by January 2026 while allowing so-called SMRs, or small modular reactors, of no more than 300 megawatts to be installed, although none has been proposed and it could be a decade or more before one is operating. (AP Photo/John O'Connor)
Biden says workers need 'a fair shot' as he celebrates the labor deal saving an Illinois auto plant
By JOSH BOAK and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press BELVIDERE, Ill. (AP) - President Joe Biden put on a red United Auto Workers shirt on Thursday as he celebrated a labor deal that will prevent Belvidere...
Nov 09, 2023 President Joe Biden speaks to United Auto Workers at the Community Building Complex of Boone County, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023, in Belvidere, Ill. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Salem woman pleads guilty to reduced charge of felony criminal trespass to a residence
A 34-year-old Salem woman has pleaded guilty in Marion County Court to a reduced charge of felony criminal trespass with a resident present. Christy Johnston of North College Street was placed on two ...
Nov 09, 2023 Tingey Injury Law Firm / Unsplash
Police Beat for Thursday, October 9th, 2023
Odin Police have arrested a 20-year-old Odin resident for alleged aggravated domestic battery. Noah Meredith of Oak Street was taken to the Marion County Jail to await a decision on formal charges and...
Nov 09, 2023
Clinton County Coroner releases name of Centralia man killed in motorcycle crash
Clinton County Coroner Phillip Moss has released the name of the 28-year-old Centralia man who was killed in a motorcycle crash that most likely occurred early Wednesday morning. The coroner pronounce...
Nov 09, 2023
Centralia man injured in car-motorcycle crash in rural Salem
A 26-year-old Centralia man was airlifted to a St. Louis Hospital for treatment following a car-motorcycle crash on Route 37 at Church Road south of Salem Wednesday night. Marion County Sheriff's Depu...
Nov 09, 2023
Salem City Council delays action on new garbage collection contract; garbage rates to go up
The Salem City Council has decided to wait two weeks before making a decision on who to award the contract for garbage collection beginning January 1st. The apparent low bidder is Sunrise Sanitation o...
Nov 09, 2023 Salem Mayor Nic Farley.
Veterans Honored at Enduring Freedom Celebration at Kaskaskia College
Kaskaskia College honored veterans at its annual Enduring Freedom Celebration this week. The program began with a free breakfast for veterans and their families and was followed by a program recognizi...
Nov 09, 2023 Kaskaskia College President George Evans (right) presents the US Flag to his father, retired Sergeant George Evans, as KC Board member Jim Beasley (far left) and State Senator Jason Plummer look on. Photo by Pat Hodges.
Centralia man has died in motorcycle crash
A 28-year-old Centralia man has died in a motorcycle crash just outside of Centralia in Clinton County. Clinton County Coroner Phillip Moss pronounced the man dead on the scene on Linn Road east of th...
Nov 08, 2023
Inside Illinois' youth lockups, children go without basic services and face "excessive" punishments
State audits point to troubling conditions in juvenile detention centers, but no agency has strong enough oversight to bring about change By MOLLY PARKER Capitol News Illinois news@capitolnewsillinois...
Nov 08, 2023 Franklin County Juvenile Detention Center. Already in 2022 a State Audit had identified the facility as a 'facility in crisis.' (Julia Rendleman for ProPublica)
